The Iowa Dental Board recently ordered a dentist to undergo remedial training after allegedly practicing dentistry in a manner harmful to the public, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported May 14. The ...

Heartland Dental and Leixir Dental Laboratory Group have agreed to a four-year extension of their strategic partnership.  Through the partnership, Leixir will continue to serve as a laboratory service ...

The dental industry is expected to continue experiencing consolidation, but the pace of mergers and acquisitions is subject to a few conditions. Interest rates, the aging dental workforce and the ...

Researchers from the Indiana University School of Dentistry and the Regenstrief Institute in Indianapolis have created an app to help connect dentists and medical providers with patient health ...

Three people in Emporia, Kan., have been charged with practicing unlicensed dentistry, KSNT reported May 14. In addition to the unlicensed dentistry charges, one of the suspects was also charged with ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis authorized a bill May 15 that makes Florida the second state to ban fluoride from being added to public water supplies. Three notes: 1. Senate Bill 700, dubbed the “Florida ...

An Illinois dentist has warned that patients will face higher treatment costs if the FDA removes ingestible fluoride products from the market, 25News Now reported May 14. The HHS Department announced ...

Great Neck, N.Y.-based The Smilist has named Axel Lapica as its next CEO.  Mr. Lapica has more than 20 years of leadership experience in the healthcare industry. He most recently served as senior vice ...

The American Dental Association reaffirmed its support of fluoride supplements after the HHS Department announced that the FDA would move to remove certain products from the market. The HHS Department ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voiced his commitment to dental health and discussed his agency’s oral health priorities during a budget hearing with the House Appropriations Committee May 14. RFK ...

The Maine Board of Dental Practice recently took action against a dentist for violating standards of care between 2023 and 2024, The Ellsworth American reported May 14. The board censured the license ...

The Northeast Ohio Medical University has appointed Sorin Teich, DMD, as the inaugural dean of its Bitonte College of Dentistry. Dr. Teich joins the Bitonte College of Dentistry from the Medical ...